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</sect1>
<sect1 id="section-dynamic">
<title>Plugging together dynamic pipelines</title>
<title>Dynamically autoplugging a pipeline</title>
<warning><para>
The code in this section is broken, outdated and overly complicated.
Also, you should use decodebin, playbin or uridecodebin to get

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<title>Pipeline manipulation</title>
<para>
This chapter will discuss how you can manipulate your pipeline in several
ways from your application on. Parts of this chapter are downright
hackish, so be assured that you'll need some programming knowledge
before you start reading this.
ways from your application on. Parts of this chapter are very
lowlevel, so be assured that you'll need some programming knowledge
and a good understanding of &GStreamer; before you start reading this.
</para>
<para>
Topics that will be discussed here include how you can insert data into
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only allow types matching that specified capability set for
negotiation. See also <xref linkend="section-caps-filter"/>.
</para>
<sect2 id="section-dynamic-format">
<title>Changing format in a PLAYING pipeline</title>
<para>
It is also possible to dynamically change the format in a pipeline
while PLAYING. This can simply be done by changing the caps
property on a capsfilter. The capsfilter will send a RECONFIGURE
event upstream that will make the upstream element attempt to
renegotiate a new format and allocator. This only works if
the upstream element is not using fixed caps on the source pad.
</para>
<para>
Below is an example of how you can change the caps of a pipeline
while in the PLAYING state.
</para>
<programlisting>
<!-- example-begin dynformat.c -->
<![CDATA[
]]>
<!-- example-end dynformat.c -->
</programlisting>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="section-dynamic-pipelines">
<title>Dynamically changing the pipeline</title>
<para>
In this section we talk about some techniques for dynamically
modifying the pipeline
modifying the pipeline. We are talking specifically about changing
the pipeline while it is in the PLAYING state without interrupting
the flow.
</para>
<sect2 id="section-dynamic-adding">
<title>Adding new elements to a pipeline</title>
<para>
There are some important things to consider when building dynamic
pipelines:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
When removing elements from the pipeline, make sure that there
is no dataflow on unlinked pads because that will cause a fatal
pipeline error. Always block source pads (in push mode) or
sink pads (in pull mode) before unlinking pads.
See also <xref linkend="section-dynamic-changing"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When adding elements to a pipeline, make sure to put the element
into the right state, usually the same state as the parent, before
allowing dataflow the element. When an element is newly created,
it is in the NULL state and will return an error when it
receives data.
See also <xref linkend="section-dynamic-changing"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When adding elements to a pipeline, &GStreamer; will by default
set the clock and base-time on the element to the current values
of the pipeline. This means that the element will be able to
construct the same pipeline running-time as the other elements
in the pipeline. This means that sinks will synchronize buffers
like the other sinks in the pipeline and that sources produce
buffers with a running-time that matches the other sources.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When unlinking elements from an upstream chain, always make sure
to flush any queued data in the element by sending an EOS event
down the element sink pad(s) and by waiting that the EOS leaves
the elements (with an event probe).
See also <xref linkend="section-dynamic-changing"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A live source will produce buffers with a running-time of the
current running-time in the pipeline.
</para>
<para>
A pipeline without a live source produces buffers with a
running-time starting from 0. Likewise, after a flushing seek,
those pipelines reset the running-time back to 0.
</para>
<para>
The running-time can be changed with
<function>gst_pad_set_offset ()</function>. It is important to
know the running-time of the elements in the pipeline in order
to maintain synchronization.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Adding elements might change the state of the pipeline. Adding a
non-prerolled sink, for example, brings the pipeline back to the
prerolling state. Removing a non-prerolled sink, for example, might
change the pipeline to PAUSED and PLAYING state.
</para>
<para>
Adding a live source cancels the preroll stage and put the pipeline
to the playing state. Adding a live source or other live elements
might also change the latency of a pipeline.
</para>
<para>
Adding or removing elements to the pipeline might change the clock
selection of the pipeline. If the newly added element provides a clock,
it might be worth changing the clock in the pipeline to the new
clock. If, on the other hand, the element that provides the clock
for the pipeline is removed, a new clock has to be selected.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Adding and removing elements might cause upstream or downstream
elements to renegotiate caps and or allocators. You don't really
need to do anything from the application, plugins largely
adapt themself to the new pipeline topology in order to optimize
their formats and allocation strategy.
</para>
<para>
What is important is that when you add, remove or change elements
in the pipeline, it is possible that the pipeline needs to
negotiate a new format and this can fail. Usually you can fix this
by inserting the right converter elements where needed.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
&GStreamer; offers support for doing about any dynamic pipeline
modification but it requires you to know a bit of details before
you can do this without causing pipeline errors. In the following
sections we will demonstrate a couple of typical use-cases.
</para>
<sect2 id="section-dynamic-changing">
<title>Changing elements in a pipeline</title>
<para>
WRITEME
</para>